[typos and spelling fun galore!]
ohmygodwhatafundubbybeatytime!
so last night i was treated to a night of dub and tekno like no other:
pole, burnt friedman, farben, kit clayton, low res, john tejada -- all
live! and as a bonus groovy music from dj hoseh -- and im not sure if i
heard mr manniquin lung spin or not...??
the setup was wonderful.. HUGE props to all the kids from dublab.com, plug
research, and scape. first off, i love the el rey theatre. some folks,
for whatever reason, dislike the place, but i really enjoy shows there!
there were 2 performance spaces set up facing eachother -- one on the
floor, and one up on the stage.. so basically, one act would play at one
end of the room, then after a brief announcement, another act would play
from the other side of the room -- this made things go quick and smooth
between acts! perfect setup.
the sound was sick. certainly not the best i have ever heard, but when
you hear music from acts you love on good sound, well, it just seems that
much more perfect.
visuals: these were pretty cool, though nothing mindblowing imo. but
they were nice, and unique! and worked well with the music. what i did
like was the (somewhat silly) cameras they had watching the performers'
hands and gear very close up like.. these images would be mixed in with
the other visuals. the folks responsible are called visomat (berlin)
farben: people were VERY into his set. even before he played. "oh my
god, i cant believe farben is playing".. honestly the only thing i knew
about him before i went was that he had something on a scape comp i own.
after he played, i kept hearing how it was the best set of the night. i
thought it was okay -- good DUBBY techno/house.. portions of which rocked
my dirt hippie heart.. but, all in all i was not blown away. i would
certainly see him again though :)
kit clayton: i finally found some other folks that were into this set as
much as i was. i think it was one of the best performances of the night,
and one of the best sets i have heard in sometime. while some peoples
dismissed it as dsp wankery and improv, it was one of the first monents in
a long time that i was completely sucked into music and able to 100% tune
out the crowd and distractions around me and just get immersed in the
thick of things. not too many beats. lots of layered sound. i suspect
this is what heaven would soundlike if jesus had a laptop (computer, of
course he has a laptop). i think this is a good moment to make by
obligatory comparison to coil. it was very coil (like the layers of sound
stuff they do -- new and old). i will one up this comparison and compare
something to nurse with wound later on. fun!
burnt friedman: the first bit was MINDBLOWING.. and then he just kinda
went on to some GOOD solid music. he had a whole collection of mindisc
players and a mixer.. anyone have the details of how he was performing?
it did not seem like he was just mixing from track to track... from what i
understand he did something like this at sonar. anyway, i highly
recommend this kid -- good sctuff!
low res: hello! as if one of the most incredible artists around right
now doesnt live in my hood! danny/low res is always a treat to see
perform, but this time REALLY took the cake. what a fucking insane set --
supper jazzy, super spacey, lots of love going on! much like twin peaks
music fed through a sun ra filter :) (after seeing mr low res in
attendance at the recent sun ra awkestra show, some things just make a lot
of sense). he also incorportated live drums, occasional horns (what as he
playing?), and an mc (one of the shadow huntaz) in a VERY tasteful manner.
there was a point where i really felt like i could have been watching a
nurse with would performance, circa rock&rollstation, too.. ahh, yeah.
pole: i like pole. i was super impressed with this guy the first time i
heard him. recently though, i have not been inclined to buy all of his
stuff because i think there is too much uniformity in his sound (though
some of his remixes and more world beat influences are off the hook :).
i expected last night to be pretty good, enjoyable, but nothing
unexpected. well, i am not sure how this fellow does it, but it was out
of control!! of course the standard pole sound was there.. but there was
SO MUCH MORE!! nice layered sounds (appealing to the shoegaze kid in
me), super funky beats!, and just DUB HEAVEN (which was to be expected).
man oh man.
john tejada: i think john should get an award for being the sweetest of
performers. why? because he records with his (very talented!!) mom AND
includes her in performances (at least last night). no really, im a
complete sucker for moments of sweetness (especially when combined with
good music:) - and this was just grand. they performed the song (gira
gira?) from the plug research voices in my lunchbox release.. which is a
wonderful down tempo song with carmen (mom) doing beautiful opera vocals
and john playing guitar.. the rest of his set was very groovy as well, but
i only caught about half of it. i trust i will make up for that in the
near future.
the crowd: good, sizeable crowd.. not packed, so i am not sure how
encouraging that is for shows like this in the future (please do more!!)..
but more people than i expected, less people that what mr greg earle
expected.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone involved.
please: someone bring out herbert, freeform, mark van hoen. i'll be your
best friend and comp you with some jimmy swaggart rekkids!
chris.
butterzone kids invade vegas 10/13-15. you should too. email me for
info.
music for lunchpails
riders of the plastic groove
kuci 88.9fm, irvine, ca
www.kuci.org
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